Horouta waka

On Tuesday we walked as a class to room 10. Koka Maddison from the museum was teaching us about the Horouta waka. I found it tricky to find a perfect piece of wood for the base. Some people in Hawaiki called Paowa, Kiwa, Hinehakirirangi, Hinekua and Kahuanui. They sailed on the Horouta waka which is a waka hourua ( a boat with two hulls ) together until they stopped at New Zealand. Hinehakirangi brang kumara to New Zealand plant. The Horouta broke at the front so kiwa went to look for some wood. he found a huge tree chopped it down and sailed it down a nearby river. Paowa walked through valleys and found a perfect place to wait for kiwa and called it Turanganui a kiwa ( the waiting place of Kiwa ). In the end Hineakua and Kahuanui got married and some of their descendants are still alive today.